His replacement, Galbraith, is billed as a seven-time KOTC champion. The Canadian enters the fight coming off a first-round knockout loss to Tom Watson. However, prior to the defeat, he posted four wins in a five-fight span that included a split-decision win over former UFC fighter David Heath. His career losses have come to notables such as Georges St-Pierre, Jonathan Goulet and Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante.

Rua, who signed an exclusive U.S. deal with Shine Fights back in November, most recently dazzled in a two-fight stint with the Brazil-based Bitetti Combat. There, there he scored a 39-second knockout of Alex Stiebling in September and a second-round TKO of Jason Jones in December. He’s now 7-3 since leaving the now-defunct PRIDE Fighting Championships.

“I’m very happy to be fighting Travis,” Rua stated. “I think he is an experienced, well-rounded fighter who will look at this fight as a great opportunity and will do his best to turn this fight into a war. I’m excited about this fight, and I have been training hard since early January doing a lot of jiu jitsu, Muay Thai and wrestling, so I think our fight can turn into Fight of the Night this coming May 15.”

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